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by neptunespear 10y ago
Saudi Aramco's IPO would never have happened without Prince Mohammad bin Salman (Salman might be the king, and Mohammad bin Nayef might be the crown prince, but MbS is "Mr. Everything") consolidating power and courtiers. Okay
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by neptunespear 10y ago
The title of "computer engineer" is already regulated in Canada. You're not allowed to call yourself a computer engineer unless you get an accredited BASc/BEng/whatever degree and get your Iron Ring. That only makes
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Isn't econ one of the most mathematical of the social sciences? Apparently there's a lot of mathematical overlap between grad school econ and fields in Big Data: computer vision, machine learning, etc.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I've heard that APEGBC is now regulating the term "Software Engineer", when it didn't before. Hootsuite had to change its job titles to "Software Developer".
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I am the original creator of the spreadsheet. Proof: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18UwaThgGikSXzinnLNHx... I am planning on converting this data to website that will keep track of what tech employers are
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by neptunespear 11y ago
> Software Engineers in Vancouver make ~US$45,000 a year... Which is $60K CAD. If you get roommates, rent can be $600-1000 (again, CAD)/month. Health insurance is $72/month, single-payer, and increasingly being 100% covered by
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Fun fact: The CEO of Zynga founded EA Burnaby, in my hometown.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Thanks for pointing out your company's "direction" page, I'm sure that many Github refugees will have plenty of suggestions.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
> I think a lot of your criticism of other places has to do with things that don't affect you on a day to day basis; When Obama was running for president in 2008, his stump speech included this line (paraphrased): "If a child
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Wow, I'm talking directly to the CEO of a high-profile tech company on Hacker News! That means I'm pretty much famous now. It has been said that that GitHub has many killer features that are lacking in Gitlab or Bitbucket (e.g. Gi
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I want to ask you, do you think that there are wider class divides in Seattle than in Vancouver? I hear all the time about BLM marches, May Day riots, anti-gentrification/anti-Amazon vandalism, no-whites-allowed yoga, SPD brutality, et
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Despite your persuasive argument, I like it here. The US is broken, politically and socioeconomically. The Senate will block any bills for a constitutional amendment to get money out of politics, and a Constitutional Convention will mean al
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by neptunespear 11y ago
If you extend your search to Burnaby/New West, you can easily find 1 bedrooms for $700-1000 that are close to a frequent bus route (e.g. 106, 123). You're not paying a premium to live close to Skytrain, but commuting to downtown d
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by neptunespear 11y ago
You can live downtown or close to it without spending half your (dev) salary on rent. And you don't have to worry about gas, being stuck in traffic, etc.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
May I ask where you live?
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I hear that even in the more conservative suburbs, support for rail is increasing, just because the traffic in Seattle is so bad. Is this true? I think Washington state's regressive tax pyramid and dependence on plebecites will still s
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Sorry, to be clear, I'm not renting. It was just an example.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I live in Vancouver. Well, Burnaby. Like many Vancouverites on HN I am studying for a comp sci degree, and want to work as a developer. I accept that I have to make sacrifices to keep living in Vancouver, such as: -Living in a suburb (like
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by neptunespear 11y ago
An optimistic comment about Vancouver on Hacker News that doesn't have anything to do with brain drain due to Chinese investors buying up real estate? Is it opposite day?
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Why is Yelp untouchable by the FTC or DoJ? The company gets up to some really shady stuff but hasn't faced much punishment if any.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
This was the guy that publicly rescinded a job offer on Quora, right? What a colossal dick he sounds like.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
This would be the second big US tech company expanding into Vancouver as of late, that is fast-growing but also its employees well (the other is Tableau Software). I actually found the job postings on Linkedin originally. The Node.js positi
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No media attention yet, but Zillow will soon open an office in Vancouver, BC(zillow.com)
2 points by neptunespear 11y ago|1 comments
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Tech companies in Vancouver that pay their new grad engineers $70K+ CAD?
2 points by neptunespear 11y ago|0 comments
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Amazon and Microsoft have expanded here significantly due to the weak loonie and proximity to Seattle. AMZN has over 1,000 engineers working here, and MSFT has about 600. They've been snatching up a lot of talent over the last two year
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by neptunespear 11y ago
So it's replacing MDA as the Canadian version of SpaceX?
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I have not. Council ruled a few days ago, no new taxi licenses, no Uber. But it's hard to defend the company when they treat their employees like garbage.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
Grouplend: http://grouplend.ca I like Grouplend for three reasons: 1. It uses cutting edge technology and Big Data. 2. It's bringing B2B lending to Canada; finally, you can get a loan without going through the big banks. 3.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I wish it came to Vancouver.
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by neptunespear 11y ago
I don't know if the critical mass of tech companies is here yet. The real estate prices probably scare off senior staff as well. Obviously Amazon and Microsoft have expanded here, SalesForce.com is also expanding but they're more

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